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Battle of Franklin Lives on at The Carter House
It was by lantern light that his sisters and father found young Tod Carter as he was being carried from the battlefield‚ close to death.
The Widow of the South Sparks Renewed Interest in Battle of Franklin
Angela Calhoun's telephone hasn't stopped ringing since Robert Hicks' first novel‚ The Widow of the South‚ was published in September 2005.
The Carter House Buys Historic Garden Where Brutal Battle Took Place
Many historians consider The Carter House garden to be the bloodiest 2-acre site of the entire Civil War. It was in that garden on Nov. 30, 1864, that Confederate and Federal soldiers began fighting the epic Battle of Franklin.
Carter House Museum Will Soon Have More Room to Honor Soldiers
At the Battle of Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864, The Carter House stood in the vortex of some of the bloodiest fighting of the Civil War. Those who lived to tell the tale likened the scene to the depths of hell.
Heritage Tourists Come To Learn About Franklin’s Past
Before the last drifts of smoke disappeared over the battlefield, concerned and curious onlookers began gathering in Franklin, where 19,000 Confederates had just attacked the occupying Union Army.
